Today in History – July 27, 2010 – Plastic bottle catamaran named “Plastiki” completes epic pacific crossing. A crew of experts, scientists, and creatives, led by visionary explorer David de Rothschild, sailed over 12,000 nautical miles across the Pacific Ocean from San Francisco to Sydney in a boat made out of plastic bottles and recycled [...]
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Engineering Education “Today in History” Blog: Plastic Bottle Catamaran Crossing the Pacific
July 27th, 2010 · Add a Comment
Tags: Chemical, Biochemical, Biomolecular Engineering · Engineering Mechanics · General Engineering, Engineering Science · Geological Engineering · Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering · Ocean Engineering
Engineering Education “Today in History” Blog: Nobel first demonstrates dynamite
July 14th, 2010 · Add a Comment
Today in History – July 14, 1867 - Nobel first demonstrates dynamite. While in Paris, Nobel came to work with Ascanio Sobrero, the inventor of nitroglycerine. Though it was ten times stronger that black powder, it was highly unstable. Nobel was intrigued with nitroglycerine’s potential as a construction tool. But he knew he had to make [...]
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Engineering Education “Today in History” Blog: Founding of the American Physical Society
May 20th, 2010 · Add a Comment
Today in History - May 20, 1899 – the American Physical Society (APS) is founded for the advancement and diffusion of the knowledge of physics. It was originally formed at Columbia University by 36 scientists from 17 institutions who elected Henry Rowland as their first president and A.A. Michelson as the first vice-president. It has [...]
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Engineering Education “Today in History” Blog: 10 Percent of the Amazon Rain Forest is Preserved
April 29th, 2010 · Add a Comment
Today in History – April 29, 1998 – Ten percent of the Amazon rain forest is preserved. On this day, Brazil agreed to set aside about 25 million ha (62 million ac) of the Amazon rain forest for conservation in cooperation with the World Bank and the World Wildlife Fund. This initiative will protect 10% [...]
Tags: Biological Systems and Agricultural Engineering · Chemical, Biochemical, Biomolecular Engineering · Engineering Ethics · Environmental Engineering · General Engineering, Engineering Science · Geological Engineering
Engineering Education Blog: Update on Earthquake in Haiti
January 30th, 2010 · Add a Comment
The 7.0 Magnitude Earthquake in Haiti struck a highly populated region of this impoverished Caribbean island approximately 17 km from the capital city of Port-au-Prince. Hundreds of thousands died, many more injured, many buildings were destroyed or seriously damaged, infrastructures collapsed and millions became homeless and without food and water. The Haiti earthquake created a [...]
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